we have a federal law that says mathilde are to be in school and be taught. if you are going to take the money away from schools, why do the politicians want to allow their own rules and regulations to be violated? i don't know what some people would call that, but i would call that treason, where people want to turn around and make rules that are strictly on political bases. host: thanks for all the phone calls. next, we turn our attention to susan rice's visit to capitol hill yesterday and the latest on the benghazi investigation with michael hirsch. later, our first installment in the multi-day series looking to specific policy areas on the fiscal cliff. today we are taking a closer look at the bush-era tax cuts and whether or not they should be extended. we will be right back. >> ♪ >> washington worked his way up, went to harvard law school, and at the urging of one of his brothers, he immigrated southwestern illinois to where the lead mine industry was in its heyday. he arrived after a month journey by ship, by stagecoach, by train, and arrived in this